Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-1191 |
Date Published: | 27 Mar 2014 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Monday 15 August, 2016 |
Source: | |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Web servers |
Vulnerability Description | A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in all web servers. The vulnerability is due to the server's inability to handle multiple specially crafted TCP packets. Remote attackers can exploit this issue by continuously sending small TCP data packets to the server. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Web Servers Slow HTTP Denial of Service